Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping.
Denver officials filed a lawsuit after the Department of Homeland Security suggested ICE might serve warrants at polling places. The move reflects growing concerns regarding potential disruptions to the upcoming midterm elections.
When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared in September that Immigration and Customs Enforcement could serve warrants on individuals at polling places this fall, officials in Denver, a liberal city where roughly 14% of residents are foreign-born, quickly sued. “Every day we find new things to be astonished about but I think that we just […]
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